Empire1852 – 1902 · 50 years

South African Republic (Transvaal)

Name: War Atlas: Named Conflicts and Empire Borders, 3000 BCE – Present
Creator: War Atlas
Keywords: wars, military history, conflicts, empires, historical atlas, casualties

Overview

The South African Republic, also known as the Transvaal Republic, was a landlocked independent Boer republic in Southern Africa which existed from 1852 to 1902, when it was annexed into the British Empire as a result of the Second Boer War.

Wikipedia: South African Republic·CC BY-SA 4.0

Borders & accuracy

Reconstructed borders

Solid borders are reconstructed from canonical historical-basemap data or hand-crafted from scholarly atlases.

SOURCEaourednik / historical-basemaps
DETAILhistorical-basemaps
SNAPSHOT1890
POLITY TYPEstate

Wars of this empire43

Conflicts whose belligerents name this polity, best-documented first.

Battle of Majuba Hill1881
Major conflict
Jameson Raid1895–96
Major conflict
Battle of Colenso1899
Major conflict
Battle of Magersfontein1899
Major conflict
Siege of Ladysmith1899–1900
Major conflict
Siege of Mafeking1899–1900
Major conflict
Battle of Spion Kop1900
Major conflict
Sekhukhune Wars1876–79
Significant
Battle of Tugela Heights1900
Significant
Boer Wars1880–1902
Regional · 100K dead
Battle of Ingogo1881
Regional
Battle of Laing's Nek1881
Regional
Battle of Tshaneni1884
Regional
Battle of Elandslaagte1899
Regional
Battle of Modder1899
Regional
Battle of Talana Hill1899
Regional
Battle of Willow Grange1899
Regional
Battle of Bergendal1900
Regional
Battle of Diamond Hill1900
Regional
Battle of Vaal Krantz1900
Regional
Battle of Allemans Nek1900
Regional
Battle of Bergendahl1900
Regional
Battle of Doornkop1900
Regional
Battle of Elandsfontein1900
Regional

+ 19 more in the atlas.

Open in the atlas →Seeks the timeline to 1852 and fits the map to these borders.

Cite as: South African Republic (Transvaal) (1852 – 1902). War Atlas. https://waratlas.org/e/africa-south-african-republic · Sources & methodology